[AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig

[Rob Wilson]

Think I'll stick with my Cummins Dodge dually. Hauls loads
heavier than I will ever need. Pulled 17,000 lbs a few 
weeks ago and cost me about half what the F550 costs. Then
again if Dodge would come out with a Ram 4000 like or a
little larger with the next size up Cummins :).......
Rob

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Monson
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 7:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig


> While at the Gas station paying $2.19 a gallon for Diesel fuel, a rig 
> pulled in that I hadn't seen before. A 2005 F550 Ford Dually with a 
> conventional 8' P/U bed on the back. Diesel Powered, Automatic 
> Transmission, 70 gallon (two tanks), Goose Neck set up in the bed plus

> a class 4 receiver hitch.  It was three days new. Had to ask the owner

> questions about it. He intends to pull a 30+ foot horse trailer with 
> 14' living quarters.  Expects the trailer load to be over 15,000 lbs. 
> The truck is rated to pull ~17,000 lbs.  But he expects to stay under 
> 26,000 lbs GCVW.


	I just now looked at a Ford Motor Company TV ad on the Outdoor
Life Network that advertised a new Ford F-350 dually. It stated in the
ad that this pickup truck has a towing capacity of 19,000#. That must be
one helluva Ford. I've had several Fords and not even the F-350 dually
dump truck with the big block V-8 could handle 19,000#.

Cecil
-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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